Corporal punishment

The application of corporal punishment shall be prohibited.

UNESCO panel discussion on Violence in schools ending corporal punishment

UNESCO panel discussion on Violence in schools Ending corporal punishment

The Committee is seriously concerned about the Corporal Punishment Act and the 1973 Education Act which provides for corporal punishment, which is in clear contravention of article 19 of the Convention.

(b) To take measures to eliminate the use of corporal punishment in schools

So, this is a corporal who had seen a robot two weeks previously.

In this connection, the subject of corporal punishment was raised and extensively discussed.

(f) To take measures to eliminate the use of corporal punishment in schools

The Committee welcomes the fact that the State party considers corporal punishment unacceptable and inadmissible however, it remains concerned that corporal punishment is not explicitly prohibited in the family, in schools, in other institutions and in childcare settings.

(vi) The use of the cruelest forms of corporal punishment in contravention of human rights norms and standards

(b) The abolition of corporal punishment following Criminal Appeal No. 16 of 1999 (Supreme Court) Kyamanywa v. Uganda

The Committee is concerned that in mainland China the existing regulations banning corporal punishment in schools are unevenly implemented.

It is also concerned that corporal punishment in the home is not banned and continues to be socially acceptable.

Reminds Governments that corporal punishment, including of children, can amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment or even to torture

The Committee is concerned that corporal punishment is not expressly prohibited by law and is widely practised and socially accepted.

The Committee is concerned that corporal punishment is still widely practised in the family, in schools and in other institutions.

The Committee is concerned at the common use of corporal punishment in families and in schools and other institutions for children.

In his statement, he addressed continuing occurrences of the practice of corporal punishment, such as amputation, stoning, flogging and beating, surveyed the jurisprudence of international and regional human rights mechanisms, and concluded that any form of corporal punishment is contrary to the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

The Committee urges the State party to expressly prohibit corporal punishment by law in the family, in schools, in institutions and in other childcare settings.

4. In operative paragraph 28, replace the words corporal punishment' with the words subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment' ,

The Committee recommends that the State party take effective measures to enforce the ban on corporal punishment in schools and other institutions to prohibit the use of violence against children, including corporal punishment, by parents and other caregivers and to undertake campaigns to educate families, teachers, and other professionals working with and for children on alternative ways of disciplining children.

Corporal punishment is used as a disciplinary measure in penal institutions, reasonable punishment is carried out in schools and moderate punishment is lawful in the family.

(d) The cases of torture and ill treatment of civilians, extrajudicial summary or arbitrary execution, arbitrary arrest, detention without trial and corporal punishment in its cruellest forms

The Committee expresses its concern that corporal punishment is widely practised in the State party and that no explicit legislation exists in the State party to prohibit it.

It also notes with concern the lack of available data on ill treatment of children, including corporal punishment, beating and depriving children of their liberty as a punishment.

(b) Carry out public education campaigns about the negative consequences of ill treatment of children and promote positive, non violent forms of discipline as an alternative to corporal punishment

Another certificate, issued by a Swedish psychologist on 7 September 2001, showed that she had developed post traumatic stress disorder syndrome accompanied by nightmares, flashbacks and severe corporal symptoms.

The Committee is concerned that corporal punishment within the family is not prohibited by law and continues to be practised in the home in the Hong Kong and Macau SARs.

(b) To expand public education and awareness raising campaigns, with the involvement of children, on alternative non violent forms of discipline in order to change public attitudes about corporal punishment.

The Committee recommends that the State party explicitly prohibit corporal punishment in the family, school and penal institutions, and to undertake education campaigns that educate parents on alternative forms of discipline.

The meeting also identified core research modules on corporal punishment for inclusion into existing global data collection processes, such as the demographic household surveys and the UNICEF multiple indicator cluster survey.

The Committee strongly recommends that the State party take legislative measures to expressly prohibit corporal punishment in the family, schools and other institutions and to conduct awareness raising campaigns to ensure that positive, participatory, non violent forms of discipline are administrated in a manner consistent with the child's human dignity and in conformity with the Convention, especially article 28, paragraph 2, as an alternative to corporal punishment at all levels of society.

(e) Reform the administration of justice, particularly to improve the prison system, abolish capital and corporal punishment and forced labour, and end preventive or administrative detention as well as the detention of political prisoners

3. Takes note of the adoption by the Legislative Council of the Territory of the Corporal Punishment Abolition Act 2000, which brought to an end the exercise of such a power by the court or other authority

In its conclusion, the Board also stated that it did not consider it probable that the complainant had been subjected to torture, or that he had a well founded fear of being subjected to torture or corporal punishment.

A lieutenant and a corporal from the Sudan Armed Forces Military Intelligence Branch were convicted of murder and joint acts without criminal conspiracy involving the death in custody of a 13 year old boy in Kutum in March 2005.

The Government of Iceland had adopted provisions that made parents responsible for the protection of their children against violence, prohibited corporal punishment and taken measures to improve the care of children that did not live in a family environment.

Also calls upon all States to ensure that no child in detention is sentenced to forced labour or corporal punishment or deprived of access to and provision of health care services, hygiene and environmental sanitation, education, basic instruction and vocational training

28. Also calls upon all States to ensure that no child in detention is sentenced to forced labour or corporal punishment or deprived of access to and provision of health care services, hygiene and environmental sanitation, education, basic instruction and vocational training

(d) Ensure that positive, participatory, non violent forms of discipline are administered in a manner consistent with the child's human dignity and in conformity with the Convention, especially article 28, paragraph 2, as an alternative to corporal punishment at all levels of society.

25. Also calls upon all States to ensure that no child in detention is sentenced to forced labour or corporal punishment or deprived of access to and provision of health care services, hygiene and environmental sanitation, education, basic instruction and vocational training

For instance, there are 21 states in our country where corporal punishment in the classroom is legal, where it is legal for a teacher to beat a child with a wooden board, hard, and raising large bruises and blisters and even breaking the skin.

The Committee welcomes the adoption of the Law on the Protection against Domestic Violence (2003), which prohibits corporal punishment within the family, and of various other legal instruments to prevent and combat domestic violence (e.g. Criminal Code, Family Act) but remains concerned about incidents of domestic violence.

The Committee notes with deep concern that corporal punishment is permissible under the State party laws and is used as a way of disciplining children at home, as a disciplinary measure by schools as stipulated in the Education Act and as a sanction in the juvenile justice system.